The court heard he is likely to no longer be allowed to drive in his job at the end of his disqualification.

Prosecutor James Neary said Hycz had been travelling from the direction of Rhos on Sea on Llandudno Road in Penrhyn Bay on Wednesday, June 24 at 8.20am. He had been taking two children to school in his taxi.

A police officer was watching the road and stopped him for speeding at 41mph in a 30mph zone. They gave him a fixed penalty ticket.

The prosecutor said the officer smelt alcohol on his breath and asked Hycz to give a breath sample. It was positive.

He was taken to a police station and gave a blood sample. It had 101 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrammes.

He was charged with driving with excess alcohol and yesterday pleaded guilty to the charge.

Defence solicitor Graham Parry said it was a “relatively low level” offence.

He added that at the end of the ban the council may decide he may not have a licence for travelling in a taxi because of the nature of the offence and the fact that he was working at the time.

But Magistrates chairwoman Anne McLaren said the bench found the offence “very serious”.

She said: “You were driving a public vehicle – a taxi – and you had two schoolchildren in that car.”

The bench disqualified Hycz from driving for 16 months and fined him £100. He was also ordered to pay £60 prosecution costs and a £15 victim’s surcharge.

The defendant agreed to go on a driving course which would shorten his ban.

A Conwy Borough Council spokeswoman said: “We cannot comment on specific cases but in general, once a ban has expired the applicant's case would be presented to the Licensing Committee for consideration. Each case is treated on its own merits.”